‘Employers’ Obligations and workers ‘rights are unbalanced’ – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

'Employers' Obligations and workers 'rights are unbalanced' – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

The framework conditions for entrepreneurship in the Netherlands are ‘definitely not optimal, “says SME Netherlands. The employers’ organization presents Monday bringing her so-called growth agenda, which should change that to go.

Improve access to finance for SMEs (SMEs), less pressure from the government and a more even balance between employers ‘obligations and employees’ rights: these are the main points of the agenda. “The crisis is behind us, but the growth will not continue,” explains SME chairman Michael van Straalen to the appearance of the growth agenda. “SMEs should realize that growth. For that we need to address at this time.

Self-employment has since the turn quickly gained popularity. Netherlands has 1.3 million businesses and over 360,000 businesses that employ personnel. SME Netherlands represents the interests of small businesses with few employees to companies with up to 250 employees. The Achilles heel of the Dutch economy is that smaller companies grow sufficiently, says Van Straalen. While job growth have to come from the smaller companies.

Obstacles

The obstacles to growth are known, Van Straalen acknowledges. The growth agenda that afternoon he offers to Prime Minister Mark Rutte has in his concrete proposals to overcome these obstacles.

At the faltering funding would more information about this financing can offer relief, says the interest. Government, banks and accountants should therefore contribute to a quick and easy deployment of Standard Business Reporting for the business administration of small and medium business.

More clarity on business performance allows for alternative investors and financiers easier to risk and return in this part of the business to be weighed against each other, the idea behind

Abolish wage payment

On the issue of regulatory burden will the growth agenda that is tested independently whether new rules are workable for small businesses at an acceptable cost, before they take effect. Municipalities need the knife in the numerous permits and each municipality must apply go a maximum of local charges. Also for education (more technology and ICT), innovation (acting as a launching customer) and services (digital single government office) is the public sector’s turn.

For risks and responsibilities within companies advocated the lobby club in his eyes a more balanced distribution between employers and employees. With huge hit for SMBs abolishing the mandatory sick pay for two years for sick employees. Straalen says he can not imagine that Minister of Social Affairs Lodewijk Asscher this bottleneck to remain. Asscher bends over there right now about it.

Unions

De growth agenda can be thus easily read like a wish list in the direction of the government and a declaration of war to the address of the trade union movement. What should the entrepreneurs themselves?

Van Straalen contradicts this interpretation of the action. Overcoming obstacles and entrepreneurs are encouraged to take the next step with their business, he says, but the latter will they have to do themselves. For example by expanding abroad

Until a clash with the unions, it need not come under the SME foreman.: ‘The unions also recognize that businesses do not grow and take no permanent employees. That’s because the heavy risks and unilaterally press the shoulders of employers. “